Pipe Major John McLellan DCM, Dunoon is recognised as a composer of many fine tunes. One of them, the 2/4 march, Colonel Maclean of Ardgour, he named for someone with whom he served in the same regiment during the First World War. The tune can be found in Volume 2 […]
We are sad to report that Jock Agnew, a very well known and popular figure in the bellows piping scene in both Scotland and England, has died. Jock died on October 26, from chronic heart disease, aged 86. Stuart Letford, Convenor of the Lowland & Border Pipers’ Society, said: “Jock […]
We have another photo query that we hope readers can help with. This one was sent to us by an ancestry researcher who writes: “Have you any idea who this is? It is one of the random pictures that an online genealogy company uses when sending out its weekly updates. […]
By Pipe Major Jim Henderson John McLellan, as I remember him, was a very shy and quiet individual, not given to pushing himself or promoting the great talent he possessed. Besides being a quite outstanding bagpipe music composer, he wrote songs, was a poet of some distinction and had a […]
